Undergraduate Research Award

Attention, all undergraduate students. Yes, I'm talking to YOU!

University Libraries is giving out an Undergraduate Research Award to a research project that best demonstrates the ability to locate, select, and synthesize information from library resources and uses those resources in the creation of an original research project in any media. We'll be awarding $500 to the winner!

So what does this mean?  If you're a full-time undergrad who has used library resources to gather research for a project in the spring, summer, or fall semesters in 2013, you're eligible! You'll just need a short essay describing your research strategies and a letter of support from a faculty member. More information can be found here.

xoxo,
Irma

Meet Nathan Roberts - Winner of 2013 Undergraduate Research Award

This year's winner researched and wrote a paper examining how a predefined culture created by a  hegemonic power in the world system has affected development of consumer culture in China for Professor Greg Knehans’s Politics of Globalization course in the Fall 2012. Learn more about this topic, the research involved and background on our winner in this podcast, as Kimberly Lutz interviews Nathan Roberts, the 2013 Winner of University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award for  PSC 344  paper "Chinese Consumers: World Systems and World Cultural Analysis of Culture Hybridity."

Photo by J. Stephen Catlett

The University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award is given in recognition of an outstanding undergraduate research project by an individual or a group that best demonstrates the ability to locate, select, and synthesize information form library resources and uses those resources in the creation of an original research project in any media. The winning entry wins a cash prize of $500 funded by the university libraries. This year it was awarded on April 7th 2013 at the undergraduate honors convocation.

Hosts: Irma Minerva, Nathan Roberts, & Kimberly Lutz

Time: 4:07 | Size: 3.86 MB |  Download .mp3 | transcript
Music: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

Links:

• Click here for detail on how to apply for the University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award.
• Nathan's research paper will soon be available in the UNCG Institutional Repository, NCDOCKS
• Contact a library subject specialist in your area!

Undergraduate Research Award

Undergraduate Students!

looking to earn $500? Do excellent research for your papers and projects? Have I got the award for you! Apply for the undergraduate research award by March 1st and you could be the winner of the University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award 2013. What does it take? A paper or project you have already done during the spring, summer or fall semester of 2012, a short essay on your research strategy and process, and a letter of support from a uncg teaching faculty member.

You will win the respect and awe of your teachers and fellow students. You will have an award to add to your resume. You will have $500.00 to spend as you please!

Get more details here, and remember to apply by March 1st!

xoxo,

Irma

Undergraduate Research Award

Apply by March 1, 2013 and a paper you may have already written could win you $500.00

Meet Sonia Haga, the 2011 Winner of the Libraries Undergraduate Research Award

Did you know there were 18 camps of German POWs in North Carolina during WWII? Do you wonder about people's reactions and cultural influences these POWs had on NC communities during this time? Learn more in this podcast, when Beth Filar Williams interviews Sonia Haga, the 2011 Winner of University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award for her Senior Honors Thesis "A Comparative Study of the Perceptions of German POWs in North Carolina." Sonia's research was possible only with the expert help from Government Information librarian Lynda Kellam and History Subject Specialist Librarian Stephen Dew, as well as the staff in Interlibrary Loan for borrowing much needed materials from other libraries.

The University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award is given in recognition of an outstanding UNCG undergraduate research project that best demonstrates the ability to locate, select, and synthesize information from library resources and uses those resources in the creation of an original research project in any media. The winning entry will receive a $500 cash prize funded by the University Libraries and awarded April 8, 2011 at the Undergraduate Honors Convocation.


Hosts: Irma Minerva, Sonia Haga, and Beth Filar Williams

Time: 9:38 | Size: 8.82 MB | Download .mp3 | transcript

Music: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

Links:

• Click here for details on how to apply for the University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award.
• Sonia's research thesis will soon be available in the UNCG Institutional Repository, NCDOCKS .
• Read the book Sonia mentions: Nazi POWs in the Tarheel State by Robert D. Billinger
• Find out more about Interlibrary Loan
  
• Lynda Kellam's Contact Info
  
• Stephen Dew's Contact Info
  
• Contact a library subject specialist in your area!

The University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award--Get Inspired!

What does it take to win the University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award? For Mary Robinson, the first student to win the prize, it took a great subject, an encouraging professor, helpful librarians, and a lot of hard work. In this podcast, Kimberly Lutz interviews Mary to learn more about the paper on the legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt that won not only the libraries' award but many other accolades as well. Professor Woodworth, Theatre, joins the conversation to discuss the research process and why she nominated Mary last year.

Irma Minerva wants you to get inspired by Mary's story and apply for this year's award. The University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award is given in recognition of an outstanding UNCG undergraduate research project that best demonstrates the ability to locate, select, and synthesize information from library resources and uses those resources in the creation of an original research project in any media. The winning entry will receive a $500 cash prize funded by the University Libraries and awarded April 8, 2011 at the Undergraduate Honors Convocation.

Hosts: Irma Minerva, Kimberly Lutz, Cheryl Cross

Time: 10:40 | Size: 9.79 MB | Download .mp3 | transcript

Music: "ants........................" by Anchor Méjans (intro)

Links:

• Click here for full details on how to apply for the University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award.
• Read more about Mary and Sarah Bernhardt in Library Columns.